Skip to content

similarweb/sendwithus_csharp

 
 

Folders and files

NameName
Last commit message
Last commit date

Latest commit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Repository files navigation

sendwithus_sharp

sendwithus C# Client

status

Build status

requirements

none

.NET Framework Support

Target framework is 4.5.2

API Coverage

With one exception, this client covers all of the sendwithus API calls documented at: https://www.sendwithus.com/docs/api#overview

The exception is the Multi-Langauge API calls; those API calls are not supported in this client. If you require support for the Multi-Language API, please contact sendwithus: https://www.sendwithus.com/contact

Install via NuGet Package Manager

If you are using Visual Studio 2015:

  • In the Solution Explorer window, right click on your solution and select "Manage NuGet Packages for Solution..."
  • Search for "SendwithusClient"
    • Be sure to use the one that's by sendwithus. There's another one called SendWithUs.Client by Mimeo, but that is not supported by sendwithus
  • Select the "SendwithusClient" package and choose "Install" for your solution/project.

Getting started

using sendwithus;

// Set the API Key
SendwithusClient.ApiKey = <your_api_key> // Test or Production

// Configure API settings (optional)
SendwithusClient.SetTimeoutInMilliseconds(your_preferred_timeout); // Default is 30000 (30s).  This is the timeout for an individual API call attempt
SendwithusClient.RetryCount = your_preferred_retryCount; // Default is 3.  This is the number of times that each API call will be retried if it fails due to a potentially transient event
SendwithusClient.RetryIntervalMilliseconds = your_preferred_retryInterval; // Default is 100ms.  This is the amount of time to wait between retry attempts.

Notes on Retries and Exceptions

The API will perform a retry in the following cases:

Retry Causes Exception Thrown
API Call Timeout TaskCanceledException
Received HTTP Status 502: BadGateway SendwithusException
Received HTTP Status 503: ServiceUnavailable SendwithusException
Received HTTP Status 505: GatewayTimeout SendwithusException

A SendwithusException is a regular Exception with a StatusCode property added

All exceptions will be part of an AggregateException, regardless of whether a retry was attempted or not.

Some examples:

  • An API call that fails with a status code 403: Forbidden (not a retriable status code) will throw an AggregateException with one InnerException of type SendwithusException
  • An API call that repeatedly times out will throw an AggregateException with InnerExceptions of type TaskCanceledException
  • An API call that times out once, then fails with a status code of 503: Service Unavailable, and then fails again with a status code 400: Bad Request will throw an AggregateException with InnerExceptions, in order, of: { TaskCanceledException, SendwithusException, SendwithusException}

Other Exceptions

The API Client will also throw the following other exceptions:

  • An InvalidOperationException will be thrown when adding a new API call to a queue of Batched API calls when the limit of maximum API calls per batch has already been met

API Calls

Templates

Get a list of templates

GET /templates

try
{
    var templates = await Template.GetTemplatesAsync();
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Get a specific template (all versions)

GET /templates/(:template_id)

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
try
{
    var response = await Template.GetTemplateAsync(templateId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

GET /templates/(:template_id)/versions

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
try
{
    var template = await Template.GetTemplateVersionsAsync(templateId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Get a list of template versions (with HTML/text)

GET /templates/(:template_id)/versions

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
var locale = "en-US";
try
{
    var template = await Template.GetTemplateAsync(templateId, locale);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

GET /templates/(:template_id)/locales/(:locale)/versions

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
var locale = "en-US";
try
{
    var templateVersions = await Template.GetTemplateVersionsAsync(templateId, locale);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Get a specific version (with HTML/text)

GET /templates/(:template_id)/versions/(:version_id)

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
var versionId = "ver_ET3j2snkKhqsjRjtK6bXJE";
try
{
    var templateVersion = await Template.GetTemplateVersionAsync(templateId, versionId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

GET /templates/(:template_id)/locales/(:locale)/versions/(:version_id)

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
var locale = "en-US";
var versionId = "ver_ET3j2snkKhqsjRjtK6bXJE";
try
{
    var templateVersion = await Template.GetTemplateVersionAsync(templateId, locale, versionId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Update a template version

Note: at least one of "html" or "text" must be specified in the updated template version object

PUT /templates/(:template_id)/versions/(:version_id)

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
var versionId = "ver_ET3j2snkKhqsjRjtK6bXJE";
var updatedTemplateVersion = new TemplateVersion();
var templateVersionName = "New Version";
var templateSubject = "edited!";
var updatedTemplateVersion = new TemplateVersion(templateVersionName, templateSubject);
updatedTemplateVersion.html = "<html><head></head><body><h1>UPDATE</h1></body></html>"; // optional
updatedTemplateVersion.text = "sometext"; // optional
try
{
    var templateVersion = await Template.UpdateTemplateVersionAsync(templateId, versionId, updatedTemplateVersion);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

PUT /templates/(:template_id)/locales/(:locale)/versions/(:version_id)

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
var locale = "en-US"
var versionId = "ver_ET3j2snkKhqsjRjtK6bXJE";
var updatedTemplateVersion = new TemplateVersion();
var templateVersionName = "New Version";
var templateSubject = "edited!";
var updatedTemplateVersion = new TemplateVersion(templateVersionName, templateSubject);
updatedTemplateVersion.html = "<html><head></head><body><h1>UPDATE</h1></body></html>"; // optional
updatedTemplateVersion.text = "sometext"; // optional
try
{
    var templateVersion = await Template.UpdateTemplateVersionAsync(templateId, versionId, updatedTemplateVersion);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Create a New Template

POST /templates

var templateVersionName = "New Template Version";
var templateSubject = "New Version!";
var updatedTemplateVersion = new TemplateVersion(templateVersionName, templateSubject);
updatedTemplateVersion.html = "<html><head></head><body><h1>NEW TEMPLATE VERSION</h1></body></html>"; // optional
updatedTemplateVersion.text = "some text"; // optional
updatedTemplateVersion.locale = "en-US"; // optional
try
{
    var template = await Template.CreateTemplateAsync(updatedTemplateVersion);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Add locale to existing template

POST /templates/(:template_id)/locales

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
var locale = "fr-FR";
var templateVersionName = "Published French Version";
var templateSubject = "Ce est un nouveau modèle!";
var updatedTemplateVersion = new TemplateVersion(templateVersionName, templateSubject);
updatedTemplateVersion.html = "<html><head></head><body><h1>Nouveau modèle!</h1></body></html>"; // optional
updatedTemplateVersion.text = "un texte"; // optional
try
{
    var template = await Template.AddLocaleToTemplate(templateId, locale, updatedTemplateVersion);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Create a new template version

POST /templates/(:template_id)/versions

NOTE – At least one of html or text must be specified

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
var templateVersionName = "New Template Version";
var templateSubject = "New Version!";
var updatedTemplateVersion = new TemplateVersion(templateVersionName, templateSubject);
updatedTemplateVersion.html = "<html><head></head><body><h1>NEW TEMPLATE VERSION</h1></body></html>"; // optional
updatedTemplateVersion.text = "some text"; // optional
try
{
    var templateVersion = await Template.CreateTemplateVersion(templateId, updatedTemplateVersion);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

POST /templates/(:template_id)/locales/(:locale)/versions

NOTE – At least one of html or text must be specified

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
var locale = "en-US";
var templateVersionName = "New Template Version";
var templateSubject = "New Version!";
var updatedTemplateVersion = new TemplateVersion(templateVersionName, templateSubject);
updatedTemplateVersion.html = "<html><head></head><body><h1>NEW TEMPLATE VERSION</h1></body></html>"; // optional
updatedTemplateVersion.text = "some text"; // optional
try
{
    var templateVersion = await Template.CreateTemplateVersion(templateId, locale, updatedTemplateVersion);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Delete a specific template

DELETE /templates/(:template_id)

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
try
{
    var genericApiCallStatus = await Template.DeleteTemplate(templateId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

DELETE /templates/(:template_id)/locales/(:locale)

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";
var locale = "en-US";
try
{
    var genericApiCallStatus = await Template.DeleteTemplate(templateId, locale);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Sending Emails

Send an email

We validate all HTML content

POST /send

Example with only the required parameters:

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";

// Construct the template data
// The content of the template data is all optional and is based on the template being used
var templateData = new Dictionary<string, object>();
templateData.Add("first_name", "Chuck");
templateData.Add("last_name", "Norris");
templateData.Add("img", "http://placekitten.com/50/60");
var link = new Dictionary<string, string>();
link.Add("url", "https://www.sendwithus.com");
link.Add("text", "sendwithus!");
templateData.Add("link", link);

// Construct the recipient
var recipient = new EmailRecipient(DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_EMAIL_ADDRESS);

// Construct the email object
var email = new Email(templateId, templateData, recipient);

// Send the email
try
{
    var emailResponse = await email.Send();
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Example with all parameters:

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";

// Construct the template data
// The content of the template data is all optional and is based on the template being used
var templateData = new Dictionary<string, object>();
templateData.Add("first_name", "Chuck");
templateData.Add("last_name", "Norris");
templateData.Add("img", "http://placekitten.com/50/60");
var link = new Dictionary<string, string>();
link.Add("url", "https://www.sendwithus.com");
link.Add("text", "sendwithus!");
templateData.Add("link", link);

// Construct the recipient
var recipient = new EmailRecipient(DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_EMAIL_ADDRESS);

// Construct the email object
var email = new Email(templateId, templateData, recipient);
email.cc.Add(new EmailRecipient("cc_one@email.com", "CC One"));
email.cc.Add(new EmailRecipient("cc_two@email.com", "CC Two"));
email.bcc.Add(new EmailRecipient("bcc_one@email.com", "BCC One"));
email.bcc.Add(new EmailRecipient("bcc_two@email.com", "BCC Two"));
email.sender.address = "company@company.com";
email.sender.reply_to = "info@company.com";
email.sender.name = "Company";
email.tags.Add("tag1");
email.tags.Add("tag2");
email.tags.Add("tag3");
email.headers.Add("X-HEADER-ONE", "header-value");
email.inline.id = "cat.png";
email.inline.data = "{BASE_64_ENCODED_FILE_DATA}";
email.files.Add(new EmailFileData("doc.txt", "{BASE_64_ENCODED_FILE_DATA}"));
email.files.Add(new EmailFileData("stuff.zip", "{BASE_64_ENCODED_FILE_DATA}"));
email.version_name = "this version";
email.locale = "en-US";
email.esp_account = "esp_EsgkbqQdDg7F3ncbz9EHW7";

// Send the email
try
{
    var emailResponse = await email.Send();
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Logs

Get a specific log + metadata

GET /logs/(:log_id)

var logId = "log_88be2c0f8b5c6d3933dd578b6a0f13e5";
try
{
    var log = await Log.GetLogAsync(logId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Retrieve events for a specific log_id

GET /logs/(:log_id)/events

var logId = "log_88be2c0f8b5c6d3933dd578b6a0f13e5";
try
{
    var logEvents = await Log.GetLogEventsAsync(logId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Resend an existing Log

POST /resend

var logId = "log_88be2c0f8b5c6d3933dd578b6a0f13e5";
try
{
    var logResendResponse = await Log.ResendLogAsync(logId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Snippets

Get all snippets

GET /snippets

try
{
    var snippets = await Snippet.GetSnippetsAsync();
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Get specific snippet

GET /snippets/(:id)

var snippetId = "snp_bn8c87iXuFWdtYLGJrBAWW";
try
{
    var snippets = await Snippet.GetSnippetAsync(snippetId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Creating a new snippet

POST /snippets

var snippetName = "My First Snippet";
var snippetBody = "<h1>Welcome!</h1>";
try
{
    var snippetResponse = await Snippet.CreateSnippetAsync(snippetName, snippetBody);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Update an existing snippet

PUT /snippets/(:id)

var snippetId = "snp_bn8c87iXuFWdtYLGJrBAWW";
var snippetName = "Updated Snippet";
var snippetBody = "<h1>Welcome Again!</h1>";
try
{
    var response = await Snippet.UpdateSnippetAsync(snippetId, snippetName, snippetBody);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Delete an existing snippet

DELETE /snippets/(:id)

var snippetId = "snp_bn8c87iXuFWdtYLGJrBAWW";
try
{
    var genericApiCallStatus = await Snippet.DeleteSnippetAsync(snippetId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Render templates

Render a template with data

POST /render

var templateId = "tem_SxZKpxJSHPbYDWRSQnAQUR";

// Create the template data
var templateData = new Dictionary<string, object>();
templateData.Add("amount", "$12.00");

// Create the render object
var renderTemplate = new Render(templateId, templateData);
renderTemplate.version_id = "ver_ET3j2snkKhqsjRjtK6bXJE"; // optional.  Can use either version_id or version_name to specify a version, but not both
renderTemplate.locale = "en-US"; // optional
renderTemplate.strict = true; // optional.  Strict defaults to false if not set

try
{
    var renderTemplateResponse = await renderTemplate.RenderTemplateAsync();
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Customers

Get a specific customer

GET /customers/customer@example.com

var customerEmailAddress = "customer@example.com";
try
{
    var customerResponse = await Customer.GetCustomerAsync(customerEmailAddress);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Creating/updating a new customer

POST /customers

If a Customer already exists with the specified email address, then a data merge is performed. Merge operations will:

  • replace existing attributes with new values
  • add any new attributes to the Customer Merge operations will never remove attributes from a Customer. Note that customer data can only be simple data types like strings and integers.
// Build the customer
var customer = new Customer("customer@example.com");
customer.data.Add("first_name", "Matt"); // optional
customer.data.Add("city", "San Francisco"); // optional
customer.locale = "en-US"; // optional

// Make the API call
try
{
    var genericApiCallStatus = await Customer.CreateOrUpdateCustomerAsync(customer);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Delete a customer

DELETE /customers/(:email)

var customerEmailAddress = "customer@example.com";
try
{
    var genericApiCallStatus = await Customer.DeleteCustomerAsync(customerEmailAddress);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Get email logs for a customer

GET /customers/matt@sendwithus.com/logs?count={count}&created_lt={timestamp}&created_gt={timestamp}

With no query parameters to filter the logs:

var customerEmailAddress = "customer@example.com";
try
{
    var customerEmailLogsResponse = await Customer.GetCustomerEmailLogsAsync(customerEmailAddress);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

With all query parameters to filter the logs:

var customerEmailAddress = "customer@example.com";
var queryStartTime = 123456789;
var queryEndTime = 987654321;

// Build the query parameters.  All of these are optional
var queryParameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
queryParameters.Add("count", 2);
queryParameters.Add("created_gt", queryStartTime);
queryParameters.Add("created_lt", queryEndTime);

// Make the API call
try
{
    var customerEmailLogsResponse = await Customer.GetCustomerEmailLogsAsync(customerEmailAddress, queryParameters);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Drip Campaigns

Activate campaign for a customer

This will add the specified customer to the first step of the specified drip campaign. If the first step has a delay on it, then it will send the first email once that delay has elapsed.

POST /drip_campaigns/(drip_campaign_id)/activate

var dripCampaignId = "dc_VXKGx85NmwHnRv9FZv88TW";

// Build the drip campaign object
var recipient = new EmailRecipient("user@email.com", "John");  // The email name is optional
var dripCampaign = new DripCampaign(recipient);
dripCampaign.cc.Add(new EmailRecipient("cc_one@email.com", "Suzy Smith")); // Optional
dripCampaign.cc.Add(new EmailRecipient("cc_two@email.com", "Joe")); // Optional
dripCampaign.bcc.Add(new EmailRecipient("bcc_one@email.com", "Fake Name")); // Optional
dripCampaign.bcc.Add(new EmailRecipient("bcc_one@email.com", "Matt Damon")); // Optional
dripCampaign.sender.address = "company@company.com"; // Optional
dripCampaign.sender.name = "Company"; // Optional
dripCampaign.sender.reply_to = "info@company.com"; // Optional
dripCampaign.tags.Add("tag1"); // Optional
dripCampaign.tags.Add("tag2"); // Optional
dripCampaign.tags.Add("tag3"); // Optional
dripCampaign.locale = "en-US"; // Optional
dripCampaign.esp_account = "esp_1a2b3c4d5e"; // Optional
dripCampaign.email_data.Add("amount", "$12.00"); // Optional

// Make the API call
try
{
    var response = await dripCampaign.ActivateAsync(dripCampaignId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Deactivate a campaign for customer

POST /drip_campaigns/(drip_campaign_id)/deactivate

var dripCampaignId = "dc_VXKGx85NmwHnRv9FZv88TW";
var customerEmailAddress = "user@email.com";
try
{
    var dripCampaignResponse = await DripCampaign.DeactivateAsync(dripCampaignId, customerEmailAddress);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Deactivate a customer from all campaigns

If a user unsubscribes, changes email addresses, or cancels, call this endpoint to remove the specified email address from all active drip campaigns.

POST /drip_campaigns/deactivate

var customerEmailAddress = "user@email.com";
try
{
    var dripCampaignDeactivateAllResponse = await DripCampaign.DeactivateFromAllCampaignsAsync(customerEmailAddress);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Get a list of campaigns

GET /drip_campaigns

try
{
    var dripCampaignDetails = await DripCampaign.GetDripCampaignsAsync();
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Get the details on a specific drip campaign

GET /drip_campaigns/(drip_campaign_id)

var dripCampaignId = "dc_VXKGx85NmwHnRv9FZv88TW";
try
{
    var dripCampaignDetails = await DripCampaign.GetDripCampaignAsync(dripCampaignId);
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Batch API Calls

The sendwithus batch endpoint enables multiple API calls to be made in a single HTTP request. NOTE – Batch sizes over 10 requests are not recommended.

  • By default, batch API calls are limited to 10 per batch.
  • Any additional calls beyond 10 will throw an InvalidOperationException.
  • This limit can be increased by calling BatchApiRequest.OverrideMaximumBatchRequests(int newMaximum)

The process to making a batch API call is:

  1. Call BatchApiRequest.StartNewBatchRequest()
  • After making this call, all subsequent API calls will queued up in a new batch request.
  1. Make all the API calls as you normally would. Instead of being sent, these calls will be queued.
  2. Call BatchApiRequest.SendBatchApiRequest(). This will send the batch request with all of the queued requests, clear the queue, return the response (which will contain the response for each API call in the queue), and exit batch mode.
  • After this call, all subsequent API calls will be sent out as soon as they are called, instead of being queued.
  1. Access the response to each batch command by calling

Additional Features:

  • PauseBatchRequest() and ResumeBatchRequest(): Respectively exist and then re-enter batch mode without clearing the list of batched calls. Allows other API calls to be sent immediately (not batched) while building a list of batched API calls.
  • AbortBatchRequest(): Allows a batch API calls can be aborted without sending any of the batched calls. This will exit batch mode and clear the list of batched API calls.

Send batch request

POST /batch

Example using 5 commands:

// Start the batch request
BatchApiRequest.StartNewBatchRequest();

// Make the API calls to be batched
var customerEmailAddress = "customer@example.com";
var snippetId = "snp_bn8c87iXuFWdtYLGJrBAWW";
var snippetName = "Updated Snippet";
var snippetBody = "<h1>Welcome Again!</h1>";

try
{
    // Discard the response to the API calls as it will just be an empty object (since the requests aren't actually sent yet)
    await Snippet.GetSnippetsAsync();
    await Log.GetLogsAsync();
    await Snippet.UpdateSnippetAsync(snippetId, snippetName, snippetBody);
    await DripCampaign.GetDripCampaignsAsync();
    await Customer.DeleteCustomerAsync(customerEmailAddress);

    // Make the batch API Request
    var batchResponses = await BatchApiRequest.SendBatchApiRequest();

    // Get the response to the individual API calls
    var snippets = response[0].GetBody<List<Snippet>>();
    var logs = response[1].GetBody<List<Log>>();
    var snippetResponse = response[2].GetBody<SnippetResponse>();
    var dripCampaignDetails = response[3].GetBody<List<DripCampaignDetails>>();
    var genericApiCallStatus = response[4].GetBody<GenericApiCallStatus>();
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}
catch (InvalidOperationException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Example sending 11 commands without overriding the limit (to show when the exception is thrown):

var customerEmailAddress = "customer@example.com";
var snippetId = "snp_bn8c87iXuFWdtYLGJrBAWW";
var snippetName = "Updated Snippet";
var snippetBody = "<h1>Welcome Again!</h1>";

// Start the batch request
BatchApiRequest.StartNewBatchRequest();

// Make the API calls to be batched
try
{
    // Make the first 10 API calls
    // Discard the response to the API calls as it will just be an empty object (since the requests aren't actually sent yet)
    await Snippet.GetSnippetsAsync();
    await Log.GetLogsAsync();
    await Snippet.UpdateSnippetAsync(snippetId, snippetName, snippetBody);
    await DripCampaign.GetDripCampaignsAsync();
    await Customer.DeleteCustomerAsync(customerEmailAddress);
    await Snippet.GetSnippetsAsync();
    await Log.GetLogsAsync();
    await Snippet.UpdateSnippetAsync(snippetId, snippetName, snippetBody);
    await DripCampaign.GetDripCampaignsAsync();
    await Customer.DeleteCustomerAsync(customerEmailAddress);

    // Make the 11th API call.  This is when the InvalidOperationException will be thrown
    await Snippet.GetSnippetsAsync();

    // Make the batch API Request.  This won't be reached.
    var batchResponses = await BatchApiRequest.SendBatchApiRequest();

    // Handle the responses
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}
catch (InvalidOperationException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Example sending 12 commands after overriding the limit:

var customerEmailAddress = "customer@example.com";
var snippetId = "snp_bn8c87iXuFWdtYLGJrBAWW";
var snippetName = "Updated Snippet";
var snippetBody = "<h1>Welcome Again!</h1>";

// Start the batch request
BatchApiRequest.StartNewBatchRequest();

// Override the maximum number of API calls that can be included in this batch
BatchApiRequest.OverrideMaximumBatchRequests(12);

// Make the API calls to be batched
try
{
    // Make the first 10 API calls
    // Discard the response to the API calls as it will just be an empty object (since the requests aren't actually sent yet)
    await Snippet.GetSnippetsAsync();
    await Log.GetLogsAsync();
    await Snippet.UpdateSnippetAsync(snippetId, snippetName, snippetBody);
    await DripCampaign.GetDripCampaignsAsync();
    await Customer.DeleteCustomerAsync(customerEmailAddress);
    await Snippet.GetSnippetsAsync();
    await Log.GetLogsAsync();
    await Snippet.UpdateSnippetAsync(snippetId, snippetName, snippetBody);
    await DripCampaign.GetDripCampaignsAsync();
    await Customer.DeleteCustomerAsync(customerEmailAddress);

    // Make the 11th and 12th API calls.  This is when the InvalidOperationException will be thrown
    await Snippet.GetSnippetsAsync();
    await Log.GetLogsAsync();

    // Make the batch API Request.
    var batchResponses = await BatchApiRequest.SendBatchApiRequest();

    // Handle the responses
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}
catch (InvalidOperationException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}
finally
{
    // Return the max batch request limit to its default value (optional)
    BatchApiRequest.SetMaximumBatchRequestsToDefault();
}

Example pausing and resuming a batch request

// Start the batch request
BatchApiRequest.StartNewBatchRequest();

try
{
    // Make the API call to be batched
    await Template.GetTemplatesAsync();

    // Pause the batch request
    BatchApiRequest.PauseBatchRequest();

    // Make another API call which will be sent immediately
    var snippets = await Snippet.GetSnippetsAsync();

    // Resume the batch request and add another API call to it
    BatchApiRequest.ResumeBatchRequest();
    await Customer.GetCustomerAsync('foo@bar.com');

    // Make the final batch request, containing the Get Templates and Get Customer API calls
    var batchResponses = await BatchApiRequest.SendBatchApiRequest();
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    Assert.Fail(exception.ToString());
}
catch (InvalidOperationException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Example aborting a batch request

// Start the batch request
BatchApiRequest.StartNewBatchRequest();

try
{
    // Make the API call to be batched
    await Template.GetTemplatesAsync();

    // Abort the batch request
    BatchApiRequest.AbortBatchRequest();

    // Make another API call which will be sent immediately
    var snippets = await Snippet.GetSnippetsAsync();

    // For demonstration, make the aborted batch API Reqeust anyways
    // This will be an empty request as the list of batched API calls was cleared by the Abort call
    var batchResponses = await BatchApiRequest.SendBatchApiRequest();
}
catch (AggregateException exception)
{
    Assert.Fail(exception.ToString());
}
catch (InvalidOperationException exception)
{
    // Exception handling
}

Managing the API

Versioning

The build version is set by the Sendwithus_csharp/appveyor.yml file. It is set so that the 3rd digit in the build number is automatically incremented whenever a new build is made. To change the major or minor build revision, simply edit the line at the top of the file accordingly:

# version format
version: 1.0.{build}

The way the version settings for the final package are set is:

  • "version" variable set in appveyor.yml file, as shown above
  • appveyor.yml sets the C# project's "assembly_version", "assembly_file_version", and "assembly_informational_version" to this "version"
  • the sendwithus_csharp/Sendwithus/SendwithusClient.nuspec sets the NuGet version to the assembly version

Continuous Integration

This project uses AppVeyor for its CI. AppVeyor is configured to automatically run all of the unit tests whenever a new commit is pushed to GitHub, regardless of the branch. All of the AppVeyor settings are configured in the Sendwithus_csharp/appveyor.yml file. All unused settings are simply commented out, so all available settings can be identified in that file.

Continuous Deployment

The appveyor.yml file is configured to automatically deploy new commits to NuGet. It is configured so that only new commits on the master branch will be deployed. Therefore, please develop all features on a feature branch and only integrate with master when ready for deployment. This setting can be changed under the "build:" settings in the appveyor.yml file. It is also possible to manually build and deploy the solution from www.appveyor.com.

Settings for the NuGet deployment can be edited in the sendwithus_csharp/Sendwithus/SendwithusClient.nuspec file.

CLS Compliance - Using this Client in Other .NET Languages

The project is CLS compliant, so the package can be used in any .NET language that supports CLS compliant packages. For example, this includes VB.NET and might also include F# and Visual C++. The lattter two haven't been tested, but support for VB.NET has been. To add the package to a solution in a different language, simply follow the same procedure that you would for C#:

  • In the Solution Explorer window, right click on your solution and select "Manage NuGet Packages for Solution..."
  • Search for "SendwithusClient"
    • Be sure to use the one that's by sendwithus. There's another one called SendWithUs.Client by Mimeo, but that is not supported by sendwithus and might not be CLS compliant.
  • Select the "SendwithusClient" package and choose "Install" for your solution/project.

Tests

Running Unit Tests

The tests are run using Visual Studio's standard unit-testing libaries and built in test runner. Simply select "Test->Run->All Tests" to run the unit tests.

Response Ranges

Sendwithus' API typically sends responses back in these ranges:

  • 2xx – Successful Request
  • 4xx – Failed Request (Client error)
  • 5xx – Failed Request (Server error)

If you're receiving an error in the 400 response range follow these steps:

  • Double check the data and ID's getting passed to sendwithus
  • Ensure your API key is correct
  • Make sure there's no extraneous spaces in the id's getting passed

Packages

No packages published

Languages

  • C# 96.0%
  • Smalltalk 4.0%